Sample Workflow Automation Javascripts; Advanced Scripting - Adobe 65048332 Manual

C 3: Scripting Photoshop
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Sample Workflow Automation JavaScripts

The following sample workflow automation JavaScripts are provided with Photoshop and demonstrate
various kinds of scripting usage. The scripts are located in the
directory. See
folder.
Script name
Layer Comps to Files.jsx
Layer Comps to PDF.jsx
Layer Comps to WPG.jsx
Export Layers to Files.jsx
Script Events Manager.jsx
Image Processor.jsx
Load Files into Stack.jsx
Merge to HDR.jsx

Advanced Scripting

This section demonstrates how to use the information contained in the previous sections of this chapter to
create scripts that do the following:
➤
Configure document preferences.
➤
Apply color to text items. In this section, you will also learn how to do the following:
➣
Create a reference to an existing document.
➣
Create a layer object and make the layer a text layer.
➤
Rasterize text so that wave and blur processing can be applied to words. In these sections you will also
learn how to do the following:
➣
Select and work with a specific area of a layer by creating a selection object.
➣
Apply wave and motion blur filters to selected text.
N : When you finish the lesson in each of the following sections, save the script you have created in the
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lesson. Each lesson builds upon the script created in the previous lesson.
"Creating and running a JavaScript" on page 19
Description
Saves layer comps as files.
Saves layer comps as a PDF presentation.
Saves layer comps as a Web photo gallery.
Exports each layer in the document to a separate file.
Enables and disables notifier objects.
Processes camera raw images into various file formats.
Loads separate files into an image stack in a single document.
Combines multiple images of the same scene or image, capturing the
dynamic range of a scene in a single High Dynamic Range (HDR)
image.
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folder in your application
Presets/Scripts
for information on the
Presets/Scripts